We have had a week of great training in Nakiska. The weather and snow has been absolutely amazing, and I have got to practice all four disciplines. My skiing has been improving every day, which is very motivating.

It´s finally here, every athletes wet dream, -the Olympics. Our team has done well this season, and the Norwegian Olympic Committee drafted all our five World Cup athletes for the games in Vancouver. That is a big achievement for us!

Yesterdays race did not really turn out the way I planned. I hooked a gate in the second run, and did not finish. In slalom we clear every gate by about 2-10cm, sooner or later you miscalculate and carve your ski on the wrong side. It´s part of the game.. Even though I know this, it sucks!

In my opinion is the World Cup race in Schladming, the coolest slalom race on the planet. The arena fits about 50 000 people, and every year it´s full! The atmosphere is breathtaking, and it´s simply a great great experience to get to take a part of it. This race is tomorrow at 18.00 houers, watch it!

The weekend in Kitzbuhel is over. It has been a great event, beautiful weather, lots of people and perfect conditions. I only raced the slalom, witch did not turn out the way I hoped....

French skier Jannnick Bertrand had some problems in the Kernen-S at the Lauberhorn race in Wengen last weekend. Normally I don´t like to post videos containing crashes, but this one hilarius and has a good outcome. Enjoy!

My slalom shape has been pretty solid lately, today I had another good day at work! After skiing two good runs in the Wengen slalom I ended up in 11th position.

After Adelboden the tour moved on to Wengen. This is one of the greatest events of the season, during the weekend they are expecting about 100 000 spectatiors in the hill! The Lauberhorn downhill is also the longest in the circus with alenght of 4,5km and a runtime of over 2,30sek. Yesterday we raced the Super-Combined competition.

Today we raced in Adelboden, Switzerland. I was lying in a 10th position after the first run, and ended 12th  when the race was done. After the disappointing result in Zagreb on Wednesday, I am more then happy with the result today.

Yesterdays race did not go quite as planned, I skied a terrible first run, ended up in 31st position and did not qualify for the second run. Skiing has really felt good lately, this makes yesterdays result even more painful. Anyway, I think I learned a lesson, and are looking forward to doing a better job in Adelboden Sunday.

January 2nd we flew down to Munich, Germany. From there we continued south by car to Kreuzbergpass in Italy. We have had two beautiful and high quality training days in the Dolomite mountains.

After over five weeks on the road it´s finally time to head home. Since we left for Canada in November I have visited 9 countries, experienced temperatures from 30c° below to 35c° positive, spent countless hours travelling, and probably skied close to 10 000 gates. There has bin up and downs, and today I´m taking a well needed Christmas break.

The period after the crash in Beaver almost two weeks ago has bin tough. First of all you get a punch in the face mentally. To “get over it” often takes more time then you want and expect. It feels like you are skiing with a devil on your shoulder, telling you –“you can´t do it!” Right now I´m struggling to fight back , show him that I can and to get rid of him…

Kaz Maeda from our excellent clothing supplier Phenix came to see us in Beaver Creek. Ha gave me some photos from his stay:

Today we competed in Super- Combined in Val d`Isere, France. First we raced a Super-G run, followed by a slalom run. I was skiing terrible and had one of my worst days in a long time..

After the Super-Combi race in Beaver Creek friday, I was exhausted, had pain everywhere and was not fit for more racing the rest of the weekend. Aksel visited Miami on his way to Lake Louise a couple of weeks ago, and recommended me doing the same on my way back to Europe. Long story short I flew from Denver to Miami on Saturday morning, and have had three wonderful days in the sun. From minus 25C i Colorado to pluss 30C in Florida is definitely healing for both body and soul.

With a light sunburn and a smile on my face, I´m haeding back to reality in the mountains of Val d`Isere, France tomorrow.